That's a Great Start but...

The Florida Marlins have started the season 11-1. That sounds great but let's just hold on one quick second. I am not trying to take anything away from this team. I was on their bandwagon before spring training even started but it wasn't because I thought they were going to start the season well, it was because I thought this was a solid team who could definitely compete in this division. Again 11-1 is great but don't forget that 6 of those games have been against the absolutely horrible Washington Nationals. That's half of their wins. Now they also took 2 out of 3 against the Mets and swept the Braves but I just don't want anyone to get too excited about this team and their 11-1 start.

Emilio Bonafacio has been a great surprise for this team at third base but we really can't expect him to keep up the pace that he started the season at. Hanley Ramirez hasn't really got it going yet but he will and Gonzalez is a great manager. Oh and let's not forget, this may be the best young pitching staff is baseball with Nolasco, Johnson, and Volstad. I heard one expert say that Johnson may be the third best starting pitcher in the National League behind Santana and Lincecum. I don't know about you but that got my attention.

What I am trying to say is this team is good, very good but let's not overreact to this start because 6 of this wins are against the Nats.

Speaking of those Nats. How bad is this team really? I think they are really bad. We just had the worst team in NFL history this past season and I think we have a legitimate shot at having the worst team in Major League Baseball history this year in Washington. The quandary that I have though about this team is that I don't really know why they are so bad. I mean Ryan Zimmerman is good and young and is probably still getting better. Adam Dunn can hit the ball a mile and I know he strikes out a lot but he also walks a lot too. Guzman is a solid shortstop and a good leadoff man. The starting pitching is probably the root of the problem. John Lannan is definitely not a number 1 guy and probably at best should be a number 3. Sharon Martis and Jordan Zimmerman are both young and good but I don't think they should be up with the big club quite yet and the bullpen is probably the biggest problem with this team. The reliever with the best ERA is Mike Hinkley at 3.38.

I guess I just figured out the major problems because after those 3 guys Elijah Dukes is the only other guy worth mentioning and really the pitching is just down right awful. Like I said above, I would not surprise me, if this team ends up with the worst record in the history of baseball. As a fan of their AA club, I really hope I'm not right but sometimes it just is what it is.